Question

Find the Jacobian of the transformation\(\begin{array}{l}x = u/v\;\\y = v/w\;\\z = w/u\end{array}\)

Short answer

The Jacobian of the transformation is \(0\)

Step-by-step solution

Define Jacobian matrix

The name "Jacobian" is frequently used to refer to both the Jacobian matrix and determinants, which are both defined for finite numbers of functions with the same number of variables. With respect to the variables, each row contains the first partial derivative of the same function.

Any type of Jacobian matrix can be used. It could be a square matrix (with the same number of rows and columns) or a rectangle matrix (the number of rows and columns are not equal).

Step 2: Find the Jacobian transformation.

Here\(x\)and\(y\)are expressed as functions of\(u\)and\(u\)the Jacobian is given by:

The procedure is similar as in previous 4 tasks but this time the resulting matrix is\(3 \times 3\)matrix.

Now find the determinant

\(\begin{array}{l}\left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{{x_u}}&{{x_v}}&{{x_w}}\\{{y_u}}&{{y_v}}&{{y_w}}\\{{z_u}}&{{z_v}}&{{z_w}}\end{array}} \right|\\ = \left| {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}}{\frac{1}{v}}&{\frac{{ - u}}{{{v^2}}}}&0\\0&{\frac{1}{w}}&{\frac{{ - v}}{{{u^2}}}}\\{\frac{{ - w}}{{{u^2}}}}&0&{\frac{1}{u}}\end{array}} \right|\\ = 0\end{array}\)

Thus, the Jacobian of the transformation is \(0\)